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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45930/psn-pdf
April 26, 2017 - A boy's life is lost to sepsis. Thousands are saved in his
wake.
April 26, 2017
Dwyer J. New York Times. April 13, 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/boys-life-lost-sepsis-thousands-are-saved-his-wake
Stories of patient harm due to medical mistakes can serve as catalysts for organizational improvement.
This newsp…
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January 22, 2020 - Investigation into Detection of Retained Vaginal Swabs
and Tampons Following Childbirth.
January 22, 2020
Farnborough, UK; Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch; December 18, 2019.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/investigation-detection-retained-vaginal-swabs-and-tampons-following-
childbirth
Maternal care during a…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/50758/psn-pdf
December 18, 2019 - Still Not Safe: Patient Safety and the Middle-Managing of
American Medicine.
December 18, 2019
Wears R, Sutcliffe K. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2019. ISBN: 9780190271268.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/still-not-safe-patient-safety-and-middle-managing-american-medicine
The modern patient safety movement …
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June 15, 2017 - The global burden of diagnostic errors in primary care.
June 15, 2017
Singh H, Schiff G, Graber ML, et al. The global burden of diagnostic errors in primary care. BMJ Qual Saf.
2017;26(6):484-494. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2016-005401.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/global-burden-diagnostic-errors-primary-care
The need to i…
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January 23, 2019 - Patient Safety: Global Action on Patient Safety.
January 23, 2019
Executive Board EB144/29 144th session. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; December 12,
2018.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/patient-safety-global-action-patient-safety
This guidance summarizes the current status of global patient safety,…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43106/psn-pdf
September 27, 2016 - The sterile cockpit: an effective approach to reducing
medication errors?
September 27, 2016
Federwisch M, Ramos H, Adams S' C. The sterile cockpit: an effective approach to reducing medication
errors? Am J Nurs. 2014;114(2):47-55. doi:10.1097/01.NAJ.0000443777.80999.5c.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/sterile-cockpi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43269/psn-pdf
July 28, 2014 - Restoring trust in VA health care.
July 28, 2014
Kizer KW, Jha AK. Restoring trust in VA health care. N Engl J Med. 2014;371(4):295-297.
doi:10.1056/NEJMp1406852.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/restoring-trust-va-health-care
In response to a recent investigation raising concerns about inaccurate reporting of wait-ti…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47387/psn-pdf
September 12, 2018 - Guideline implementation: team communication.
September 12, 2018
Link T. Guideline Implementation: Team Communication: 1.8 www.aornjournal.org/content/cme. AORN J.
2018;108(2):165-177. doi:10.1002/aorn.12300.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/guideline-implementation-team-communication
Although team development has rec…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46698/psn-pdf
February 07, 2018 - Enhancing the quality and safety of the perioperative
patient.
February 7, 2018
Staender S, Smith A. Enhancing the quality and safety of the perioperative patient. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol.
2017;30(6):730-735. doi:10.1097/ACO.0000000000000517.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/enhancing-quality-and-safety-perioperative-p…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/44910/psn-pdf
March 09, 2016 - Systematically Identified Failure Is the Route to a
Successful Health System.
March 9, 2016
Tepper J, Martin D, eds. Healthc Pap. 2015;15(2):4-61.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systematically-identified-failure-route-successful-health-system
Identifying and addressing organizational factors that enable individual m…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47512/psn-pdf
February 20, 2019 - Framing the challenges of artificial intelligence in
medicine.
February 20, 2019
Yu K-H, Kohane IS. Framing the challenges of artificial intelligence in medicine. BMJ Qual Saf.
2019;28(3):238-241. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008551.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/framing-challenges-artificial-intelligence-medicine
Use o…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46333/psn-pdf
June 25, 2018 - High reliability leadership: a conceptual framework.
June 25, 2018
Martínez-Córcoles M. High reliability leadership: A conceptual framework. J Contingencies Crisis Manage.
2017;26(2):237-246. doi:10.1111/1468-5973.12187.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/high-reliability-leadership-conceptual-framework
Leadership engag…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42880/psn-pdf
January 22, 2014 - Applying ethnography to the study of context in
healthcare quality and safety.
January 22, 2014
Leslie M, Paradis E, Gropper MA, et al. Applying ethnography to the study of context in healthcare quality
and safety. BMJ Qual Saf. 2014;23(2):99-105. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002335.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/applyin…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/838638/psn-pdf
September 01, 2012 - Directed peer review in surgical pathology.
September 1, 2012
Smith ML, Raab SS. Directed peer review in surgical pathology. Adv Anat Pathol. 2012;19(5):331-337.
doi:10.1097/pap.0b013e31826661b7.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/directed-peer-review-surgical-pathology
Diagnostic error in pathology can result in delaye…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/42355/psn-pdf
February 11, 2015 - Advancing Successful Care Transitions to Improve
Outcomes.
February 11, 2015
Society of Hospital Medicine
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/project-boost-mentored-implementation-program
This Web site provides resources associated with the Better Outcomes for Older adults through Safe
Transitions project, called Projec…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/46301/psn-pdf
October 11, 2017 - Care transitions know-how not just for clinicians.
October 11, 2017
Ready T. HealthLeaders Media. September 26, 2017.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/care-transitions-know-how-not-just-clinicians
Transitions are an error-prone process. This news article reports that organizational leadership should be
engaged in enha…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/43574/psn-pdf
October 08, 2014 - The mixed blessings of smart infusion devices and health
care IT.
October 8, 2014
Nemeth CP, Brown J, Crandall B, et al. The mixed blessings of smart infusion devices and health care IT.
Mil Med. 2014;179(8 Suppl):4-10. doi:10.7205/MILMED-D-13-00505.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/mixed-blessings-smart-infusion-devi…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/47412/psn-pdf
October 31, 2018 - The systems approach at the sharp end.
October 31, 2018
Cross SRH. The systems approach at the sharp end. Future Healthc J. 2019;5(3):176-180.
doi:10.7861/futurehosp.5-3-176.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/systems-approach-sharp-end
Systems solutions are often focused on creating improvements at the organizational o…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/845075/psn-pdf
February 22, 2023 - Artificial intelligence, patient safety, and achieving the
quintuple aim in anesthesiology.
February 22, 2023
Tan JM, Cannesson MP. APSF Newsletter. 2023;38(2):1,3–4,7.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/artificial-intelligence-patient-safety-and-achieving-quintuple-aim-anesthesiology
Technological advancement…
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psnet.ahrq.gov/node/45936/psn-pdf
March 08, 2017 - Using information from external errors to signal a "clear
and present danger."
March 8, 2017
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute care edition. February 9, 2017;22:1-5.
https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/using-information-external-errors-signal-clear-and-present-danger
Monitoring external reports of error and harm can pr…